Cofounders, Hiring and Firing

New York Autumn 2012 Semester

What talent do you need in the beginning to be successful? How do you recruit the first team members with extremely limited resources? How do you conduct a thorough interviewing process? How do you compensate? How do you set expectations, measure results and remove or fire under-performing resources? Do you need a cofounder? Do you need to have engineering in-house?

Goal:

Recruit your first team members.

Date:

2012-11-28, 06:00 PM

Mentors

Shahab Kaviani Co-Founder, CoFoundersLab

Shahab Kaviani is EiR at Startup Maryland, where he cultivates a community to help startup founders succeed. Previously, Shahab was Co-Founder and CMO at Onevest, a startup investment platform. Prior to Onevest, he was Co-Founder and CEO of CoFoundersLab, where he pursued...

Jeff Wald Founder and President, Work Market

Jeff Wald is the Founder and President of Work Market a labor resource platform backed by Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. Jeff's first startup Spinback, was sold to Buddy Media. Jeff's previous roles include, Managing Director at hedge fund Barington Capital, V...

David Teten Partner, ff Venture Capital

David Teten (teten.com) is a serial entrepreneur, Partner with ff Venture Capital (ffvc.com), and Founder and Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York. ff VC has made over 200 investments in over 70 companies since 1999. HBS Alumni Angels of N...

Jim Sherman Founder, Chairman & CEO, ShermansTravel Media, LLC

Jim Sherman is founder and Chairman of ShermansTravel Media, LLC, an online travel publishing firm that helps travelers to find the best travel deals and provides money saving destination advice by its experts. The business reaches over 3 million travelers each month, a...

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